How do you solve a problem like “Chess”? With music and lyrics by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus (of ABBA) and Tim Rice, and now with a new version of Rice’s book by Danny Strong, “Chess” tells of ...
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“Chess” review: The infamous Broadway flop attempts to shed its checkered past with a powerhouse cast
Lea Michele, Aaron Tveit, and Nicholas Christopher headline the Cold War musical about two warring chess champions. When chess master Johannes Zukertort described the game as "a struggle against error ...
NEW YORK – As it turns out, “Chess” is still unfixable. Ever since its London premiere in 1986, folks have tried and failed to crack this convoluted curio of a musical, which follows a Cold War-era ...
As more and more flops are rescued from the ash heap of history, it was only a matter of time before Chess got its turn. A musical with a, shall we say, checkered past, it was conceived by Tim Rice, ...
Jordan Harrison’s quietly devastating play proves far more affecting than the musical revival of the long-troubled Chess.
When chess master Johannes Zukertort described the game as "a struggle against error," he may as well have been talking about this musical. Chess is a show constantly at war with its past, and 37 ...
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